Extruded & Articulated Serpentine House Structures

This body of new studio pieces grew out of a challenge to myself, to revisit the use of the clay extruder I had used for a number of years in the early 1980’s. Some of my recent studio activity had centered itself on exploring the ubiquitous universal ‘house form’. I had seen an image in the daily online architectural newsletter, that elongated, and then turned and twisted the ubiquitous ‘house form’. I decided to explore the idea using my pneumatic extruder with a hand-cut ‘house form’ die. These images are the result of that exploration, taking fresh clay extrusions and joining them together to make these articulated serpentine house sculptures. I used large ceramic decals on every surface of the forms, encouraging the viewer to investigate every aspect of the pieces, including the bottoms.

• 2023